Category Archives: Gale-force winds and gusts

July 2016 – HAWAII – Four earthquakes hit Hawaii Island on Friday and late Thursday, three in the area of Kilauea Volcano. A fourth quake, at magnitude-4.3, struck the island at 9:16 p.m. Friday. The epicenter was 1.9 miles west-southwest … Continue reading →

July 2016 – TAIWAN — Typhoon Nepartak is now spinning in the Taiwan Strait, after leaving three people dead and more than 100 injured in Taiwan. The storm came ashore in southeastern Taiwan as the equivalent of a Category 4 … Continue reading →

June 2016 – CHINA – Rescuers in eastern China searched Friday for survivors of a tornado and hailstorm that killed at least 98 people as it swept over a city’s outskirts, destroying buildings, smashing trees and flipping vehicles on their … Continue reading →

June 2016 – FLORIDA – Tropical Storm Colin picked up speed and closed in on the Florida coast Monday evening while soaking a large part of the Southeast. As of the 10 p.m. CDT advisory, Colin was located about 65 … Continue reading →

June 2016 – PARIS, France – Heavy rains in France lifted the Seine River on Friday to its highest levels since 1982, threatening Paris’ cultural institutions and soaking much of the French countryside east of the capital. The Seine has … Continue reading →

June 2016 – EUROPE – Flooding across Western Europe this week has killed at least 15 people and displaced tens of thousands. That figure includes 10 dead in southern Germany, two in France, two in Romania, and one in Belgium, … Continue reading →

May 2016 –CHINA – The residents of the Chinese city of Kashgar were shocked to see their roads and houses disappear under the dust cloud within minutes of the storm’s arrival. Many locals began suffering breathing difficulties from the eerie … Continue reading →